Wojtek Memorial Trust

Help us build Wojtek's memorial in Edinburgh! Donate at www. wojtekthebear.org. uk. The Wojtek Memorial Trust is a Scottish Charity (SCO41057) celebrating the life of Wojtek, "the Soldier Bear", the lives of those who knew him, and their stories during and after the Second World War. The Trust also aims to promote wider understanding of the many historic and current links between the peoples of Poland and Scotland. The Trust is currently raising funds to build a memorial to honour Wojtek, and remember the courage of all Polish soldiers. It will be located in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. Planning permission was received from the City of Edinburgh Council on 16 September 2013. The Trust has raised more than £100, 000 of the £300, 000 needed to build Wojtek's memorial - please help us achieve our target! The memorial will take the form of a life and a quarter bronze statue of a Polish soldier with Wojtek, and a 4m low relief pictorial panel set on a platform of granite from Poland so that the soldier and the bear can stand on a piece of Polish homeland. The sculptor is Alan Beattie Herriot and the caster Powderhall Bronze in Edinburgh. Its setting has been designed by Raymond Muszynski of Morris & Steedman Associates. The artistry of the sculpture will be appreciated from Princes Street looking down into the gardens; at the terrace level as a walking encounter with the bear and his keeper; and looking up from the lower path to see the statue in a natural elevation. Furthermore, the aspect to the castle will be reminiscent of that which faced the soldiers at the final Battle of Monte Cassino in May 1944 as they fought their way up the slopes assisted by Wojtek.
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